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Page 2 The St. Mary’s College EMPATH, Monday, April 26, 1976
Open Letters
Concerning the College
March 29,1976
I)r. J. Renwick Jackson, President
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Campus
Dr. Jackson:
Because I am not certain of the appropriate channels to follow in this
matter, and because I am well aware of your concern that proper
procedures be employed, I am sending copies of this letter to Dr.
Christopher Wilson, Dr. Harriet Hudson, Mr. Phillip Dorsey and The
Empath. With this letter I am resigning my position as assistant
professor of Biology, effective at the end of this academic year. I should
make it clear from the outset that no direct pressure has been brought to
bear on me to do so and I am resigning of my own volition.
I know that most are aware of my desire to return to the west and
certainly this fact has played a major role in this decision. However, I
want to make it clear than even if this desire did not exist I would resign
from my position and assure other employment in this geographic area
as long as that position were not associated with St. Mary’s College of
Maryland and Renwick Jackson. In somewhat less than seven years I
think you have succeeded in abrogating any potential this school may
have possessed. The present atmosphere is one of apathy, disin­terest,
distrust, hate, and a complete lack of enthusiasm, at all levels. I
find it difficult, if not impossible, to teach in such as atmosphere, as I ’m
sure others do. I no longer want to be associated with an institution
which is rapidly becoming a less than mediocre state college, and one
which has as its only drawing card a cheap education.
Sincerely,
Gene A. Bowman
Div. of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics
GABrchc
cc: Dr. Christopher Wilson
Dr. Harriet Hudson
Mr. Phillip Dorsey
The Empath
Ms.Denise Horton is the
representative for Biology Majors
here at St. Mary’s College. She
received the following letter
concerning the Montana Project:
Letter from the Editor
In this capitalist environment,
money often serves as in incentive
to motivate people toward produc­tive
ends.
The EMPATH needs money to
survive.
The EMPATH has produced 70
pages of newspaper this year. At
$45 a page, this comes to $3150.
Last year’s Student Association
allocated $3,000 to the paper. In
December, the SGA appropriated
$240, and the commuters gave us
$120 this month. We plan on one
more four page paper.
We have covered personal ex­penses
and photography costs with
sparse advertising.
The EMPATH needs money to
run.
We’re capable of putting out 128
pages of newspaper a semester,
that’s eight (8), eight page papers.
Our campus deserves a first-rate
student publication. There were
several occasions this year when
newsworthy items were excluded
from publication because we
couldn’t afford to print them.
A newspaper should be well-balanced,
presenting a wide range
of political and public interest
items. A well informed public is
our college’s greatest security.
Next year, we’d like to bring you
the news.
It costs $45 to print 1,000 copies
of the EMPATH. That boils down
to about 4.5 cents a page per fee
paying student. We don’t think it’s
a financial burden. But, and, I
might add, theoretically, it is up to
YOU, the fee paying student, to
decide.
We need $5760 to pay for 128
pages at a cost of $45 a page.
In order to publish 128 pages next
years, the newspaper must employ
people to handle secretarial work,
layout, photography, sports edit­ing,
advertising. This gets back to
the capitalist environment; it
won’t run unless you push it.
Hundreds of man (woman) hours
are required t consistently publish
a first-rate newspaper. We have to
pay people to work these
hours . . . If we could pay for one
position at $2.00 an hour for 20
hours a week, all our problems
would be solved. We could hire an
advertising manager, a layout
supervisor, a sports editor, and a
photography editor!
20 hours a week times 32 weeks
per year ccmes to 640 hours or
$1280 per year.
The Public Information offi­cer’s
secretary is paid twice as
much as the EMPATH’s entire
annual budget.
The EMPATH needs $7,000 to
function next year.
We’re determined to publish a
first-rate newspaper and we refuse
to work under prohibiting condi­tions.
Thank you for your attention.
Mikel Schwab
Pat Elder
Canine
Communication?
Farmingham, Mass. will soon
have a new telephone directory
devoted exclusively to the town’s
dogs. The Canine Communications
Control Catalogue, which will list a
telephone number and address for
every licensed dog in town, is
expected to help bring lost dogs
and owners together with a mini­mum
of fuss and expense.
E d i t o r ’ s
I n s i g h t
I ’ve never been more conscious­ly
aware that a few sketchings to
lead upon paper can communicate
my feelings to so many at one time.
It ’s my turn to say what I feel
about the news.
Chovanes got screwed.
The new academic policy is puni­tive
-- a direct contradiction to
what a liberal arts education is
supposed to be.
Students blindly submitted to
administrative coercion when they
took ‘institutional tests.’
Gene Bowman is an example of
one more idealistic, energetic fa­culty
member who tried to work at
St. Mary’s but became frustrated
with the leadership of Dr. Jackson.
There are powers to be reckoned
with in the State of Maryland.
The ‘Sunshine Bill’ provides little
sunshine.
Avi Decter is a smart man.
Most faculty members are more
concerned with their careers than
their convictions.
Dr. Jackson should account for
the $25 graduation fee.
More students should be involved
in the SGA and student media.
This paper provides a vital com­munication
link between faculty,
students, and administration.
A college won’t run without
students.
March 11,1976
Miss Denise Horton
Queen Anne Hall, Room 10
St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686
Dear Miss Horton:
Thank you for your recent letter outlining for me the proposal to
establish a Sub-Alpine Field Learning Center, for students of biology at
St. Mary’s College.
As I indicated in my March 5th letter to Meg Hanlon, the Montana
project certainly sounds interesting, and I wish all of you the best of luck
in finding the appropriate sponsors for it. As a United States Senator, I
have no direct jurisdiction or authority over matters of this nature.
Should, however, St. Mary’s College approve the project, I would be
happy to work with the school in attempting to secure financial
assistance for the program.
Please keep in touch. I would very much like to be kept advised of
your progress, and if I can be of some further assistance, please let me
know.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
United States Senator
CM:ngm
This Week!
The following students have
submitted petitions to run for
SGA positions
PRESIDENT
Peg Duchesne
Will Foreman
VICE-PRESIDENT
John McGrath
Bill Schaldt
SECRETARY
No petitions received (Paid
Position)
TREASURER
Charles Orth
Paul Manning
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM CAROLINE
No petitions received
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM PRINCE GEORGE
No petitions received
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM QUEEN ANNE
Lucy Logue
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DORCHESTER
Eric Hetzel
TWO UPPERCLASS
COMMUTER
REPRESENTATIVES
No petitions received
SENIOR CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Marilyn Rennie
JUNIOR CLASS
RRPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Tim Collins
SOPHOMORE CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Kathy Jackson
Mike Schwartz
Special
Courses Offered
Four special noncredit courses
have been o u tlin e d for
presentation at the St. Mary’s
College of Maryland summer
session by Dr. R. Oakley Winters,
associate dean for special
programs.
They include advanced
photography, science fiction,
reading and study skills, and water
safety instruction. All will be
offered from June 21 through
July 31, except water safety
instruction, which is scheduled for
June 1-12.
Registration may be conducted
by mail from May 10 through
May 24 or inperson June 9-10.
SGA Elections
It published bi-weekly by the studentt of St. Mery's College of
Mery lend for the entire college community.
................ ................................. . Pat Elder
Ai* - Edrtof» * ................................... .....................Mike! Schwab
Bill Caffey
Sports Editor.........................................................Patrick Haskins
Staff...................................................... Diane.Harris Norine Death
Bill Wyatt Jim Deramus
Melvin Longfield, Eric Wurzbacher
Mary Lucar, Ellen Lecleir,
Donne Devfs. Mark Gunther
Claude Thompson Pam Hite
It is our intention to report newsworthy events to the entire college community
in an objective manner. Letters to the Editor are accepted and encouraged.
The EMPATH will hold "open office.. 4:30 to 6:00 on Thirsdays.

Page 2 The St. Mary’s College EMPATH, Monday, April 26, 1976
Open Letters
Concerning the College
March 29,1976
I)r. J. Renwick Jackson, President
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Campus
Dr. Jackson:
Because I am not certain of the appropriate channels to follow in this
matter, and because I am well aware of your concern that proper
procedures be employed, I am sending copies of this letter to Dr.
Christopher Wilson, Dr. Harriet Hudson, Mr. Phillip Dorsey and The
Empath. With this letter I am resigning my position as assistant
professor of Biology, effective at the end of this academic year. I should
make it clear from the outset that no direct pressure has been brought to
bear on me to do so and I am resigning of my own volition.
I know that most are aware of my desire to return to the west and
certainly this fact has played a major role in this decision. However, I
want to make it clear than even if this desire did not exist I would resign
from my position and assure other employment in this geographic area
as long as that position were not associated with St. Mary’s College of
Maryland and Renwick Jackson. In somewhat less than seven years I
think you have succeeded in abrogating any potential this school may
have possessed. The present atmosphere is one of apathy, disin­terest,
distrust, hate, and a complete lack of enthusiasm, at all levels. I
find it difficult, if not impossible, to teach in such as atmosphere, as I ’m
sure others do. I no longer want to be associated with an institution
which is rapidly becoming a less than mediocre state college, and one
which has as its only drawing card a cheap education.
Sincerely,
Gene A. Bowman
Div. of Natural Sciences
and Mathematics
GABrchc
cc: Dr. Christopher Wilson
Dr. Harriet Hudson
Mr. Phillip Dorsey
The Empath
Ms.Denise Horton is the
representative for Biology Majors
here at St. Mary’s College. She
received the following letter
concerning the Montana Project:
Letter from the Editor
In this capitalist environment,
money often serves as in incentive
to motivate people toward produc­tive
ends.
The EMPATH needs money to
survive.
The EMPATH has produced 70
pages of newspaper this year. At
$45 a page, this comes to $3150.
Last year’s Student Association
allocated $3,000 to the paper. In
December, the SGA appropriated
$240, and the commuters gave us
$120 this month. We plan on one
more four page paper.
We have covered personal ex­penses
and photography costs with
sparse advertising.
The EMPATH needs money to
run.
We’re capable of putting out 128
pages of newspaper a semester,
that’s eight (8), eight page papers.
Our campus deserves a first-rate
student publication. There were
several occasions this year when
newsworthy items were excluded
from publication because we
couldn’t afford to print them.
A newspaper should be well-balanced,
presenting a wide range
of political and public interest
items. A well informed public is
our college’s greatest security.
Next year, we’d like to bring you
the news.
It costs $45 to print 1,000 copies
of the EMPATH. That boils down
to about 4.5 cents a page per fee
paying student. We don’t think it’s
a financial burden. But, and, I
might add, theoretically, it is up to
YOU, the fee paying student, to
decide.
We need $5760 to pay for 128
pages at a cost of $45 a page.
In order to publish 128 pages next
years, the newspaper must employ
people to handle secretarial work,
layout, photography, sports edit­ing,
advertising. This gets back to
the capitalist environment; it
won’t run unless you push it.
Hundreds of man (woman) hours
are required t consistently publish
a first-rate newspaper. We have to
pay people to work these
hours . . . If we could pay for one
position at $2.00 an hour for 20
hours a week, all our problems
would be solved. We could hire an
advertising manager, a layout
supervisor, a sports editor, and a
photography editor!
20 hours a week times 32 weeks
per year ccmes to 640 hours or
$1280 per year.
The Public Information offi­cer’s
secretary is paid twice as
much as the EMPATH’s entire
annual budget.
The EMPATH needs $7,000 to
function next year.
We’re determined to publish a
first-rate newspaper and we refuse
to work under prohibiting condi­tions.
Thank you for your attention.
Mikel Schwab
Pat Elder
Canine
Communication?
Farmingham, Mass. will soon
have a new telephone directory
devoted exclusively to the town’s
dogs. The Canine Communications
Control Catalogue, which will list a
telephone number and address for
every licensed dog in town, is
expected to help bring lost dogs
and owners together with a mini­mum
of fuss and expense.
E d i t o r ’ s
I n s i g h t
I ’ve never been more conscious­ly
aware that a few sketchings to
lead upon paper can communicate
my feelings to so many at one time.
It ’s my turn to say what I feel
about the news.
Chovanes got screwed.
The new academic policy is puni­tive
-- a direct contradiction to
what a liberal arts education is
supposed to be.
Students blindly submitted to
administrative coercion when they
took ‘institutional tests.’
Gene Bowman is an example of
one more idealistic, energetic fa­culty
member who tried to work at
St. Mary’s but became frustrated
with the leadership of Dr. Jackson.
There are powers to be reckoned
with in the State of Maryland.
The ‘Sunshine Bill’ provides little
sunshine.
Avi Decter is a smart man.
Most faculty members are more
concerned with their careers than
their convictions.
Dr. Jackson should account for
the $25 graduation fee.
More students should be involved
in the SGA and student media.
This paper provides a vital com­munication
link between faculty,
students, and administration.
A college won’t run without
students.
March 11,1976
Miss Denise Horton
Queen Anne Hall, Room 10
St. Mary’s College
St. Mary’s City, Maryland 20686
Dear Miss Horton:
Thank you for your recent letter outlining for me the proposal to
establish a Sub-Alpine Field Learning Center, for students of biology at
St. Mary’s College.
As I indicated in my March 5th letter to Meg Hanlon, the Montana
project certainly sounds interesting, and I wish all of you the best of luck
in finding the appropriate sponsors for it. As a United States Senator, I
have no direct jurisdiction or authority over matters of this nature.
Should, however, St. Mary’s College approve the project, I would be
happy to work with the school in attempting to secure financial
assistance for the program.
Please keep in touch. I would very much like to be kept advised of
your progress, and if I can be of some further assistance, please let me
know.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
United States Senator
CM:ngm
This Week!
The following students have
submitted petitions to run for
SGA positions
PRESIDENT
Peg Duchesne
Will Foreman
VICE-PRESIDENT
John McGrath
Bill Schaldt
SECRETARY
No petitions received (Paid
Position)
TREASURER
Charles Orth
Paul Manning
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM CAROLINE
No petitions received
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM PRINCE GEORGE
No petitions received
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM QUEEN ANNE
Lucy Logue
UPPERCLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
FROM DORCHESTER
Eric Hetzel
TWO UPPERCLASS
COMMUTER
REPRESENTATIVES
No petitions received
SENIOR CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Marilyn Rennie
JUNIOR CLASS
RRPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Tim Collins
SOPHOMORE CLASS
REPRESENTATIVE
AT LARGE
Kathy Jackson
Mike Schwartz
Special
Courses Offered
Four special noncredit courses
have been o u tlin e d for
presentation at the St. Mary’s
College of Maryland summer
session by Dr. R. Oakley Winters,
associate dean for special
programs.
They include advanced
photography, science fiction,
reading and study skills, and water
safety instruction. All will be
offered from June 21 through
July 31, except water safety
instruction, which is scheduled for
June 1-12.
Registration may be conducted
by mail from May 10 through
May 24 or inperson June 9-10.
SGA Elections
It published bi-weekly by the studentt of St. Mery's College of
Mery lend for the entire college community.
................ ................................. . Pat Elder
Ai* - Edrtof» * ................................... .....................Mike! Schwab
Bill Caffey
Sports Editor.........................................................Patrick Haskins
Staff...................................................... Diane.Harris Norine Death
Bill Wyatt Jim Deramus
Melvin Longfield, Eric Wurzbacher
Mary Lucar, Ellen Lecleir,
Donne Devfs. Mark Gunther
Claude Thompson Pam Hite
It is our intention to report newsworthy events to the entire college community
in an objective manner. Letters to the Editor are accepted and encouraged.
The EMPATH will hold "open office.. 4:30 to 6:00 on Thirsdays.